The war is waged against its own subjects and its object is not the victory...but to keep the very structure of society intact.

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.

Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip, but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns his somersault when there is no whip.

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step toward political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional [or scholarly] writers.

From the totalitarian point of view, history is something to be created rather than learned.

Money writes books, money sells them. Give me not righteousness, O Lord, give me money, only money.

He had moved from thought to words, and now from words to actions.